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North Dakota
SB 2380, age verification for sexual material harmful to minors (companion to HB 1561)
N.D. Cent. Code ch. 51-07 (new section enacted by 2025 S.B. 2380)
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In force since 1 August 2025.
An adult content age verification (AV) rule binding private bodies.
As of 2 September 2026.
What this law does
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Substantially identical to companion bill HB 1561: commercial entities that knowingly publish or distribute sexual material harmful to minors on a website where more than one third of the content meets that definition must verify visitors are 18 or older using a digitized identification card or a commercial age verification system relying on government-issued identification, a commercially available age and identity database, or transactional data, and may not retain identifying information after access is granted.
As introduced, the bill would have required device makers, operating systems, and app stores to determine user age and transmit age signals, but the enrolled law dropped that mandate entirely and instead expressly provides that internet service providers, search engines, cloud providers, and application stores are not liable solely for providing access to third-party content. Enforcement is through private civil suits only.
If you get it wrong
Criminal exposureNo
Private right of actionYes
Penalties
Injunctions, compensatory and exemplary damages, costs and attorney fees, sought by a parent or guardian of a minor allowed access, or an individual whose identifying information was retained.
Who enforces it
Enforcement body
None (private civil action only); no designated state enforcement agency
What it reaches
Age threshold
18
Covered services
Commercial websites where more than one third of total material is sexual material harmful to a minor
Obligation class
Age verification, Retention
Verification methods
Digital ID, Gov ID, Third party service, Transactional data
When LexLint raises it
publishes_adult_content
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